President Joe Biden announced Dec. 23 that he is commuting the death sentences of 37 men convicted of murder who will now serve life imprisonment sentences without parole.
For some Catholic women, the election was the final straw. Others saw it as a wake-up call, alerting them to the prevalence of right-wing ideologues in the U.S. church.
In an interview with NCR, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's Communion ban is pending a final resolution at the Vatican.
Nearly four years since Pope Francis changed canon law to allow women to be installed as lectors and acolytes, some dioceses are moving ahead with ceremonies to formally recognize women in those ministries.
For some Catholic women, the election was the final straw. Others saw it as a wake-up call, alerting them to the prevalence of right-wing ideologues in the U.S. church.
In Advent Scripture readings, we hear much about joy and peace. But so, too, do we hear about wrath and judgment; and this year, Rebecca Bratten Weiss writes, that feels validating.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20 that he would nominate Brian Burch as his next ambassador to the Holy See. Burch is president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote.org.
Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate whether the current war in Gaza constitutes a genocide.
Pope Francis on Dec. 19 spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden by phone, ahead of a White House announcement that the two men will hold a final meeting at the Vatican next month before Biden leaves office.
Environmental Christmas crèches are part of a growing trend among Catholic parishes in Vietnam, as a way to echo teachings of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."
Here are 20 environmental books published in 2024 for readers of all ages and experience. They offer vision, knowledge, and a sense of wonder — necessary to help us build a better planet.
The White House announced a new national goal that would see the country's greenhouse gas emissions drop up to 66%, but its fulfillment may fall on states and cities during a second Trump administration.
Local and regionally based Catholic universities around the globe could help provide the expertise, innovation and creativity to climate challenges that can benefit developing countries.
A common thread runs through the lives of four major Catholic figures profiled in the first part of "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints": They each embody a faith with consequences, a devotion that demands sacrifice and suffering.
Always a deeply Catholic place, the South Bronx has long been associated with poverty, arson and crime. That's slowly beginning to change, thanks in part to immigrants and Catholic faith leaders.
On Oct. 28, the Dicastery for Evangelization unveiled the mascot for the 2025 Jubilee Year: Luce, an anime pilgrim clad in a yellow raincoat and mud-stained boots, carrying a walking stick.
Hundreds of people have been on a hunger strike since Oct. 11 to save Munambam from eviction by the Waqf Board, a Muslim body that has termed the properties as "the land belonging to Allah, the almighty."
"Teenage pregnancy and early marriage are heartbreaking reminders of the cultural nuances that have kept many girls out of school and in the hands of men most times thrice their age," says Sr. Bernadette Duru.
Communities of women religious have established relationships with Native tribes whose ancestral lands the sisters currently own, and consider what land justice could look like under their care.
